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BAFTISIA TINCTORIA. 



English Name— INDIGO-BROOM. 

 French Name — Indigo trefle. 

 German Name — Farbende Baptisia. 

 Officinal Names — Baptisia tinctoria, herba k 

 radix- 



VuLGAR Names — Wild Indigo, Indigo weed, 

 Horsefly weed, Yellow broonij Clover broom, Rat- 

 tle-bush, Yellow Indigo. 



Synonyms — Sophora tinctoria^ Lin. Podalyrta tine- 



toriaj Mich. &c. 



Authorities — Linnseus, Michaux, Pursh, Elliot, 

 Weems, Thacher Dispensary, Comstoclt, Schoepf, 

 Bart M. Med. fig. 29. 



Genus Baptisia — Calix bilabiate, four cleft. Co- 

 rolla papilionaceous, petals nearly equal, vexillum la- 

 terally re3exed. Stamina ten, free unequal. Pistil 

 stipitate, ventricose, many seeded — ^Leaves ternate. 



Species B. tinctoria — Very smooth and branched, 

 leaves small nearly sessile, folioles cuneate, obovate, 

 obtuse ; racemes terminal, few flowered ; pods ovate 



on long pedicles. 

 DESCRIPTION— Root perennial, largeand woody, 



irregular, blackish outside, yellowish within, fibres 

 lighter. Stems two or three feet high, round and 

 smooth, yellowish ereen with black dots, very much 



